Umbrella casing



Dec. 7 1926.

E. MILLER UMBRELLA CASING Filed Jan. a, 1926 INVENTOR EMM/l MILLER WITNESSES ATroRNys Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

UNITED STATES EMMA MILLER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

UMBRELLA CASING.

Application filed January 8, 1926. Serial No. 80,076.

This invention relates to an umbrella casing.

An object of the invention is to provide a. simple and eflicient casing for use in automobiles so that umbrellas carried therein, especially when wet, can be stowed away without damage to the upholstery of the car and also to so dispose them that they will not be in the way.

A further object is to provide a casing which is provided with a receptacle for any liquid which may drip off the umbrella, said receptacle being removably supported within the casing.

A further object is to provide a casing which can be readily laid out or rolled up flat so as to easily be dried or stowed away when not in use.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the casing supporting an umbrella and disposed against the back or the front side of the car or on a wall;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the casing laid out flat;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an enlarged section through the lower end of the casing.

The form of the invention shown in the drawings is a preferred form, although it is understood that modifications in the con struotion and arrangement of the parts and in the character of the materials used may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

The casing comprises a strip of fabric 10 provided with bound edges 11, 12, 13 and 14. 11 and 13 I will call the side edges and 12 and 14:1 will call the top and bottom edges. The top edge is provided with a loop 15. The bottom edge is provided with strips 16 and 17 on which fastener elements 18 and 19 are disposed, adapted to engage with snap fastener elements such as 20 on the bottom edge 14:. Suitable other snap fastener elements such as 21 are disposed along the side edges 11 and 13 so that as the side edges are moved toward each other as shown in Figure to provide an enclosed casing for an umbrella 22 they may be snapped together. At intervals the fabric is stifiened by whalebone 23 disposed withincasings 24. Near the bottom of the fabric it is provided with a dependent folded portion 25 which acts as a sort of a cover or shield as shown in Figure 4 for the top of a metal cup 26 which is adapted to be wrapped within the lower end of the fabric or casing and to be supported by means of the straps 1 6 and 17 which pass beneath the cup as shown in Figure 4:. The supporting action of the straps and the engagement of the fold 25 will tend to hold the cup in place.

lVhen rolled up as shown in Figure 1 the fabric provides a suitable casing for an umbrella, especially when wet, to keep the umbrella from dripping over the upholstery in an automobile or over the floor or rugs in a house. hen the umbrella is removed the casing can be quickly unfastened the cup removed and the casing dried out.

This makes a neat. compact device for use especially in automobiles where the storage of wet umbrellasisa problem, especially where the car is an expensive one and the upholstery is very easily injured by water.

What I claim is:

1. An umbrella casing which comprises a sheet of fabric adapted to be wrapped around an umbrella, detachable fastening means along the longitudinal edges of the sheet whereby they may be engaged, a liquid receiving cup disposed in the bottom of the casing and detachable straps extending across the bottom of the casing to support the cup. v

2. An umbrella casing which comprises a sheet of fabric adapted to be wrapped around an umbrella, detachable fastening means along the longitudinal edges of the sheet whereby they may be engaged, a liquid receiving cup disposed in the bottom of the casing and detachable straps extending v across the bottom of the casing to support the cup, and a fold of fabric within the sheet adapted to depend over the upper edge of the cupto hold it in place.

3.. An umbrella casing which comprises a sheet of fabric having detachable fasteners along its longitudinal edges, a pair of straps fastened to its lower edge and adapted to extend across the bottom of the casing when it is wrapped around an umbrella and a fold of material formed across the sheet near the bottom edge, said fold adapted to extend over the edge of a metallic cup supported within the casing at the lower end thereof by means ofsaid straps.

. EMMA MILLER, 

